Improvement in corn-shellers



W. MILLER.

Corn Sheller.

Patented Aug. 3, 1869.

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a dtniited san WILLIAM MILLER, 01? BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 93,328, dated Angust 3, 1369.

IMPROVEMENT IN comv-sHnLLeRs.

Y L i i The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILLER, of B1oomington, in the county of Monroe, and State of Indiana,

Figure 1 represents a planview of my improved machine, with the cover removed;

Figure 2 is, a longitudinal section of same through line ;v-:z:, fig. l; and

Figure 3, a view of the cover, detached fromthe machine.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation. A represents the frame-work of the machine, which may be constructed in any suitable manner. It is I provided with sides and a bottom, as usual, the latter of which is inclined, for the purpose of facilitating the discharge of the grain. I

At one end is located the spring-board B, and at the other a board, 0, which latter does I not extend. quite to the bottom, thus leaving a discharge opening for the grain. I

D represents a conical roller, provided with suitable teeth, which revolves nearly in contact with the spring-board B, suflicient space being left, however, to

permit the ears of corn to be shelled without crushing the cob. I

Below and in rear of the roller is located a fan, E,

by, means 'of which the shelled corn is perfectly cleaned.

The.roller and fan are operated by means of a main driving-wheel, F, idle-wheels G H, and. gear-wheels I J Any suitable gearing may, of course, be used.

K represents the cover of the sheller, which is provided with the. orifice it, through which the ears are put into the sheller, and orifice-k, through which the cobs are discharged.

The operation of my machine is as follows:

The machine having been set in motion, the ears are put into the orifice k. Falling between the spring-- board and the cylindenthey arequickly divested of the corn, and thrown out by the action of the teeth, through. the orifice k. The corn, having been thoroughly cleansed in falling, by the action of the fan,

passes out at the rear of the machine.

By this specific arrangement, a specific and eificient machine is produced.

Havin thus vfully described my invention,

What claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The corn-sheller described, consisting of the frame A, spring-board B, board 0, cylinder D, fan E, and

cover K, the whole being combined and arranged as described, for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed, this 15th day of June, 1869.

Witnesses: WILLIAM MILLER.

WmM. TATE, ALEX. LEOZADDER; 

